Friday, October 25, 2013

Cybermagazine - Friday

Friday October 25 2013 edition

HIGHLIGHTS

As controversy swirled in Ottawa over a government attempt to suspend three of its own senators, one of them, Senator Patrick Brazeau, said he was offered a "backroom deal" Friday morning (October 25) by the government leader in the Senate.

"I’ll be very careful about my words here," said the Senator, " but I was essentially offered a backroom ...

Don’t pay for kidney donations: medical ethicist

Even though there are 3,400 Canadians waiting for a kidney transplant and nowhere near enough organs to go around, Canada should not change the law to allow payment to kidney donors, says one medical ethicist. Researchers at the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry (CORR) say new strategies are needed to meet the need and perhaps payment should be ...

Eye on the Arctic: Inuk aritst Mark Igloliorte on how skateboarding inspires his work

Mark Igloliorte is an Inuk artist from Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

He grew up in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.Igloliorte draws heavily from both Labrador Inuit culture and urban culture in his work.Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture is a Canadian exhibition featuring everything from ...

Anniversary of a critical but largely forgotten battle for Canada

Battle of Châteauguay

Battle of Châteauguay, 26 October 1813. A small force of Canadians commanded by Charles-Michel de Salaberry defeated a much larger American force of 3000 en route to Montréal (courtesy Musée du Château Ramezay).

On the 25th and 26th of October 1813, one of the most important battles to repulse American invaders and save ...

Aging boomers want to stay in their own homes

As they get older, most Canadians around retirement age say they want to stay in their own homes and pay for home care if it is necessary, according to a recent survey. They would prefer this to living with family or living in a retirement residence or long-term care facility.

On the six-month anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw has announced it will provide long-term compensation to victims and their families who were producing its apparel at the New Wave Style factory in the Plaza.

In its October 24 press release the company also announced it would provide short-term ...